Getting around
Thunder Bay is far from everywhere else, and the distances shape every plan.
By road
The Trans-Canada Highway runs through the city. Winnipeg is roughly 700 kilometres to the west and Toronto about 1,400 kilometres to the southeast, so most road trips here are multi-day drives.
Services between towns can be far apart on northern stretches of highway. Fuel up whenever you have the chance rather than when you need to.
By air
Thunder Bay International Airport, on the western side of the city, has regular flights to larger Canadian hubs and to smaller communities across the north that have no year-round road access.
Winter
Snow and ice can close or slow highways, and wildlife on the road is common at dusk. Winter tires, an emergency kit and checking Ontario road reports before leaving are ordinary precautions here, not extras.
- OutdoorsThe main outdoor sights near Thunder Bay: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Kakabeka Falls, Mount McKay and the Lake Superior shoreline.
- HistoryFrom the fur trade at Fort William to the 1970 amalgamation with Port Arthur, and the Terry Fox monument east of the city.
- AboutAn independent guide to Thunder Bay, Ontario.